Category: Legal
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Balancing Healthcare in Washington State Prisons: Addressing Disparities Between Gender-Affirming Care and Opioid Use Disorder Treatments
In recent years, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) has made significant strides in providing comprehensive healthcare to incarcerated individuals, notably in the realm of gender-affirming care for transgender inmates. This progress, however, has highlighted disparities when compared to the treatment of inmates with opioid use disorder (OUD), particularly concerning access to medications like…